Help your first graders develop reading comprehension skills. With step-by-step instruction and daily seatwork to reinforce the concepts, this curriculum begins with an introduction to vowel sounds and builds from there to help children master letters, sounds, words, and complete sentences. They'll also learn how to write in cursive. Kit includes 31 mini alphabet flash cards; eight progressive readers; Handbook for Reading; Primary Bible Reader; test book; and Letters and Sounds 1, Language 1, Writing with Phonics 1 (Cursive), Spelling and Poetry 1, and Cursive Writing Tablet workbooks.

The lesson plans in this kit reference add-on companion items that are not included in this kit. These recommended support items include the following, which may be purchased separately if parents wish to use them and do not have them from a previous year:

This program integrates and balances the daily language arts lessons with one all-inclusive daily lesson plan (not included in this student kit). Students will learn to read, practice word analysis as they build vocabulary, increase reading comprehension, improve thinking & writing skills, write complete sentences, memorize poetry, spell the words on 30 phonics-based word lists, and write neatly and correctly.

This kit includes:

Spelling and Poetry 1, 5th Edition

Mini Alphabet Flashcards

Letters and Sounds 1 Tests

Writing Tablet 1

Language Seatwork Text 1, 4th Edition

Letters and Sounds Phonics Seatwork Text 1, 5th Edition

Writing with Phonics 1: Manuscript, 5th Edition

Handbook for Reading, 4th Edition

Stepping Stones, 6th Edition

Tiptoes, 6th Edition

Fun with Pets, 2nd Edition

Primary Bible Reader

Down by the Sea, 2nd Edition

Strong and True, 4th Edition

Aesop's Fables for Young Readers, 3rd Edition

Kind and Brave, 5th Edition

Secrets and Surprises, 3rd Edition

The lesson plans in this kit reference add-on companion i tems that are not included in this kit. These recomme nded support items include the following, which may be purch ased separately if parents wish to use them and do not have them from a previous year:

The Abeka Language 1 Seatwork Text provides students with one page a day that will help them use words and express themselves effectively. After completing this text, your child will be able to capitalize significant words; end a sentence with correct punctuation; recognize rhyming words, compound words, synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, and contractions; use prefixes and suffixes; alphabetize words; and even to write original stories on specific topics. Colorful illustrations and creative exercises make learning fun while cross-curricular concept integration reinforces reading and comprehension skills. 168 pages, softcover. 4th Edition. Grade 1.

This teacher key is designed to be used with the Abeka Language 1 Seatwork Text, 4th Edition (not-included and sold-separately). Full-size student workbook pages are reproduced with the correct answers overlaid. 173 pages, softcover, spiralbound.

Would you love for your child to be able to write in complete sentences? This one-page-per-day text provides the information your child needs to use words and express them effectively! After completing this text, your child will be able to capitalize significant words; end a sentence with correct punctuation; recognize rhyming words, compound words, synonyms, antonyms, homonyms, and contractions; use prefixes and suffixes; alphabetize words; and even to write original stories on specific topics. 168 pages, unbound. Grade 1.

Complete day-by-day plans for the entire year are provided, with assignments correlated to the homeschool language arts seatwork curriculum (sold-separately). Helping parents to organize and structure their teaching, 170 daily plans are included, all of which coordinate with the 1st grade Language Arts program. Spiralbound.

This set of Homework Seatwork Charts corresponds with the Abeka Grade 1 Language Arts curriculum lesson plans. The 13 colorful charts display months of the year, days of the week, common abbreviations, color words, and numbers by ones, twos, fives, and tens, including even and odd numbers. Both manuscript (printing) and cursive letter formation and paper and pencil position are given; all charts except number charts include cursive writing on one side and manuscript on the other. Grade 1. 14 pages. 8.5" x 11".

This book of Abeka Grade 1 Homeschool Progress Report Refills includes a planning calendar for August-July as well as two progress reports for each of the six grading periods. Designed to help parents monitor their child's learning in Language Arts and Arithmetic. Grade 1. 57 pages.